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Early Jurassic

Hierarchy:Phanerozoic Mesozoic  Jurassic
   Early Jurassic
Classification:Epoch (as per International Commission on Stratigraphy)
Top:174.1 ± 1.0 Ma
Base:201.3 ± 0.2 Ma
Preceeds:Middle Jurassic Aalenian
Follows:Triassic Late/Upper Triassic  Rhaetian
Primary Divisions:ToarcianPliensbachianSinemurianHettangian
Fossil Record

Data via PaleoBioDB


Taxa Count Key
First appearance
Extinction
First appearance and extinction
Related precursors
KingdomPhylumClassTaxa Count
AnimaliaAnnelida Clitellata3
AnimaliaAnnelida Polychaeta30
AnimaliaArthropoda Arachnida34
AnimaliaArthropoda Branchiopoda14
AnimaliaArthropoda Cephalocarida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Chilopoda3
AnimaliaArthropoda Diplopoda4
AnimaliaArthropoda Entognatha1
AnimaliaArthropoda Insecta2,155
AnimaliaArthropoda Malacostraca194
AnimaliaArthropoda Maxillopoda8
AnimaliaArthropoda Merostomata1
AnimaliaArthropoda Ostracoda174
AnimaliaArthropoda Pycnogonida1
AnimaliaArthropoda Remipedia1
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Craniata4
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Lingulata21
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Rhynchonellata750
AnimaliaBrachiopoda Strophomenata12
AnimaliaBryozoa Gymnolaemata16
AnimaliaBryozoa Stenolaemata33
AnimaliaChordata Actinopterygii29
AnimaliaChordata Amphibia12
AnimaliaChordata Ascidiacea1
AnimaliaChordata Aves6
AnimaliaChordata Cephalaspidomorphi1
AnimaliaChordata Elasmobranchii44
AnimaliaChordata Holocephali5
AnimaliaChordata Mammalia72
AnimaliaChordata Myxini1
AnimaliaChordata Reptilia482
AnimaliaChordata Sarcopterygii8
AnimaliaCnidaria Anthozoa274
AnimaliaCnidaria Cubozoa1
AnimaliaCnidaria Hydrozoa4
AnimaliaCnidaria Scyphozoa2
AnimaliaEchinodermata Asteroidea48
AnimaliaEchinodermata Crinoidea45
AnimaliaEchinodermata Echinoidea67
AnimaliaEchinodermata Holothuroidea73
AnimaliaEchinodermata Ophiuroidea62
AnimaliaHemichordata Enteropneusta5
AnimaliaHemichordata Pterobranchia2
AnimaliaMollusca Bivalvia637
AnimaliaMollusca Cephalopoda1,319
AnimaliaMollusca Gastropoda491
AnimaliaMollusca Monoplacophora1
AnimaliaMollusca Polyplacophora22
AnimaliaMollusca Scaphopoda14
AnimaliaNematoda Adenophorea2
AnimaliaNematoda Secernentea2
AnimaliaPorifera Calcarea10
AnimaliaPorifera Demospongiae25
AnimaliaPorifera Hexactinellida21
BacteriaCyanobacteria Cyanophyceae6
ChromistaForaminifera Globothalamea76
ChromistaForaminifera Monothalamea26
ChromistaForaminifera Tubothalamea37
ChromistaHaptophyta Prymnesiophyceae78
ChromistaMyzozoa Dinophyceae7
ChromistaOchrophyta Phaeophyceae2
ChromistaRadiozoa Polycystina814
PlantaeBryophyta Bryopsida3
PlantaeCharophyta Charophyceae4
PlantaeCharophyta Zygnematophyceae1
PlantaeChlorophyta Chlorophyceae3
PlantaeChlorophyta Trebouxiophyceae2
PlantaeChlorophyta Ulvophyceae38
PlantaeMarchantiophyta Marchantiopsida4
PlantaeRhodophyta Florideophyceae11
PlantaeRhodophyta Rhodophyceae4
PlantaeTracheophyta Cycadopsida26
PlantaeTracheophyta Ginkgoopsida11
PlantaeTracheophyta Gnetopsida5
PlantaeTracheophyta Lycopodiopsida17
PlantaeTracheophyta Magnoliopsida8
PlantaeTracheophyta Pinopsida51
PlantaeTracheophyta Polypodiopsida58
 

Geologic Events

Event NameTypeAgeArea
Pangaea breakup (begins)Continental Breakup175 - 55 MaGlobal
Andean orogeny (begins)OrogenyMaximum Age: 200 MaSouth America
Laurasia supercontinent (ongoing)Supercontinent215 - 55 MaNorthern Hemisphere
Uralian orogeny (concludes)Orogeny~320 - ~175 MaRussia


Overview of geological time

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